Israeli attacks kill 30 in Gaza, 12 in Lebanon
Nearly 900 killed in the Strip trying to get food: UN
Monitoring Desk
GAZA: Israeli attacks since dawn have killed at least 30 people, including 25 in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reports, citing medical sources.
The bodies of four people were brought to the al-Ahli Hospital after an Israeli air strike on a house in the Zeitounneighbourhood.
The death toll continues to rise a day after Israeli attacks killed at least 78 Palestinians across Gaza.
Nearly 900 killed in Gaza trying to get food: UN: At least 875 Palestinians have been confirmed killed while attempting to secure food from US-Israel-backed aid distribution sites since May, Al Jazeera reports, citing a United Nations statement.
“As of 13 July, we have recorded 875 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food; 674 of them were killed in the vicinity of GHF sites,” said UN human rights office spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan.
The GHF is the US- and Israel-backed group that has bypassed UN-led humanitarian operations.
Al-Kheetan said the latest deadly incident happened yesterday, with reports indicating the Israeli army “shelled and fired towards Palestinians seeking food” at the GHF site in al-Shakoush area, northwestern Rafah.
“Our teams on the ground … have spoken to survivors of these killings, these starving children included, who were shot at while on their way to pick up very little food,” said UNRWA’s director of communications Juliette Touma.
Israel has not yet fully implemented Gaza aid agreement: EU: European Union aid chief HadjaLahbib says Israel has not yet fully implemented an agreement between the bloc and Israel, but that there have been “some positive developments”, Al Jazeera reports.
“We have [seen] some positive developments. It’s true that we have trucks that are able to enter, but we don’t know exactly how many. And what is clear is that the agreement is not fully implemented,” she told reporters ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
Last week, the EU reached an agreement with Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including increasing aid trucks and opening crossing points and certain aid routes.
At least 12 killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon refugee camp: At least 12 people were killed and eight wounded by an Israeli air strike on eastern Lebanon that hit a camp for displaced Syrians in the northern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports.Seven Syrians were among those killed in the attack that took place in the WadiFara area. The Israeli army earlier claimed it conducted a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets.
